HCMC kicks off international piano fest; Ao Dai show to mark Women’s Day; Le Kinh Tai’s art characters come out to world in to he; World police music gala in Hanoi

Big cities in Vietnam are ready to celebrate the Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese economy’s competitiveness can be raised if regulatory quality is improved. International experts worry that the increasing administrative burden will hold back Vietnam’s competitiveness.

VietNamNet Bridge – The second Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) conference on basic education opened in Da Nang city on October 18.

Senior leaders of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) on Tuesday held talks with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who pledged efforts to help rebuild the war-torn country.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Southeast Asian Under-21 Football Championship will be re-organised next year, according to the Asian Football Federation (AFF).

VietNamNet Bridge – Shoddy construction and labour accidents are often the result of poorly managed construction projects, Vietnamese and Japanese experts said at a conference on construction quality held in HCM City last week.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members signed an agreement on Tuesday on the establishment of a free trade zone in the CIS region.

NA chairman receives EU, UK diplomats; NA second session focused on five bills; South Korea, Japan set for summit to improve ties; Thailand helps Vietnam overcome flood aftermath

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing said Tuesday it expects to see increasing orders for its new 787 Dreamliner aircraft, despite a recent China Eastern Airlines cancellation order for the new model.

Apple on Monday announced that it has sold more than four million of its new iPhone 4S, three days after the launch last Friday.

It is highly possible that the automobile market would witness a new price decrease wave prior to the new year 2012, since the new car import tax policies would be approved soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three members of the Trinidad & Tobago national squad, who played at World Cup 2006, and two others from Ivory Coast are probationers at Song Lam Nghe An FC.

VietNamNet Bridge – Around 40 young people from 13 countries came together to share their experiences in education, entrepreneurship, employment and regional co-operation at the third ASEAN+3 Youth Caucus yesterday in Ha Noi.

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrived here Tuesday on his first official two-day visit aimed at discussing, among others, bilateral trade and Japan' s wartime atrocities.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's U23 football team will take on Myanmar in their opening game of the VFF-Eximbank Cup at My Dinh National Stadium today, Oct 19.

HCM City's Department of Science and Technology and the Energy Saving Centre have launched the "Solar Car Racing 2011" competition in a bid to explore the potential of green transport.

Nam Dinh provincial authorities have released a shocking decision that they will not accept the bachelors who graduate from non-state schools as the officers in state agencies.

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 3,000 households in Bao Ha Commune, Bao Yen District, in the northern province of Lao Cai rely on polluted wells for their daily water.

Striker Nguyen Thi Hoa scored a hattrick to help Viet Nam win 4-0 over hosts Laos yesterday at the second group round match of the Southeast Asian (AFF) Women's Football Championship at the National Stadium in Vientiane.